As a Black American, I say the UK needs new thinking on race. The royals could lead that | Keith Magee

The monarchy's link to slavery is glossed over in Britain. Despite their differences, William and Harry have a chance to do better

In the Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, the Duke of Sussex bemoans the racist element of the abuse suffered by Meghan on social media and in the UK press. He also addresses racism in wider British society and behind palace walls. In this family," he says, you are sometimes part of the problem rather than part of the solution."

As a Black American living in London, I am often struck by the different ways in which Britain and America grapple with the question of race. In the US, despite living alongside enslaved people and their underserved descendants for four centuries, after the death of George Floyd in 2020 many white people were, or at least seemed, astounded to learn that structural racism still existed.

Keith Magee is a writer and academic and chair of the Guardian Foundation. He is the author of Prophetic Justice: Race, Religion and Politics